They had earlier warned about the potential dangers of drinking locally brewed cocktails in Indonesia.

"Liam had been celebrating New Year with his mates at a local bar in Lombok, after which he became ill," the family statement released on Friday said.

"We would like to make people aware of the risks associated with consuming locally brewed drinks where you cannot be certain of the quality."

Mr Davies, a former representative of Australia's under-18 lacrosse team who had lived in New Zealand until the age of six, is the latest tourist to be affected by ingesting methanol while in Indonesia.

A growing number of cases of methanol poisoning had previously led to Australian health authorities warning of the dangers of potential poisoning from drinking the local ‘‘arak’’ brew.

In September 2011, 29 year-old Perth-based rugby player Michael Denton, a New Zealander, died in Bali after consuming arak, which is described as a colourless, sugarless beverage with a 20 to 50 per cent alcohol content which is distilled from rice or palm sap.

It is usually produced legally and safely, but unlicensed distillers also produce it, and a by-product of incorrect distillation is methanol.

At Denton’s inquest in Dunedin, New Zealand, coroner David Crerar said foreign ministries should warn citizens about the dangers of consuming the local concoction, which also blinded an 18-year-old Australian school leaver in Bali last month.

The cases have also prompted the Australian Medical Association (AMA) to warn travellers to stick to bottled beers.

‘‘It’s difficult to know whether these drinks are being deliberately spiked or there’s just unprofessionalism in the distillation process and the methanol’s not being filtered out,’’ said AMA vice-president Michael Gannon.

‘‘I think the best thing for people to do is acknowledge that these type of things might happen in places like Bali and Lombok and to treat these places differently.’’